Fundraising and Trading

This Category covers fundraising for charitable and voluntary organisations and good causes as well as stories about trading activities in support of good causes as well as articles on retailers, retailing and the trading environment in Wendover.

Although news broke recently that Rosemary Conley Food & Fitness Ltd has gone into administration, Joanna Beardsmore-Dilks, the local Franchisee in Aylesbury, is to carry on teaching her successful classes and is excited for the future.

The Aston Clinton Beer Festival, now in its third year, not only provides the opportunity to try a range of ales and ciders produced by local brewers, but also a weekend of free entertainment for all the family at the village park. On top of that, the festival supports local charities and, since its first event in 2012, has raised over £10,000 for good causes in Aston Clinton and the surrounding area. Last year, more than a thousand people came along and enjoyed the fun.

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity’s (FNHC) Fundraising and office functions have taken up residence in new surroundings at Walton Lodge, Walton Street, Aylesbury, with the aim of providing an innovative specialist palliative care education facility as part of the move – thanks to a supporter legacy.

Wendover Rotary’s BUST project of collecting unwanted bras for women in the third world and raising money for Breast Cancer Care has been running for nearly three years now and will be closing at the end of June 2014.